Rhys Jones was previously general manager of strategy and growth for Darwin Port.
Rhys Jones.
Northport Group has selected Darwin Port’s general manager of strategy and growth, Rhys Jones, to lead the recently restructured business as group chief executive.
Jones will oversee the continued integration of Northport and Marsden Maritime Holdings, and the group’s drive to realise the potential of the combined port and land business for commercial growth and Northland regional economic development.
He will replace retiring Northport chief executive Jon Moore in July.
Jones brings over 20 years’ experience in the port and marine infrastructure sector, spanning strategy and trade growth, capital project delivery, marine and landside infrastructure, port operations and asset management.
He is a chartered professional engineer and was previously Darwin Port’s general manager of engineering. He has led many large-scale, technically complex marine and port infrastructure projects, including dredging and berth-related works, delivering projects on time and on budget.
Northport Group chair Julia Hoare said Jones had a “great record” of growing a port business in a challenging context by redesigning supply chain solutions and addressing industry constraints. “His technical and engineering background will also come into play as we implement the group’s plans to maximise the potential of our newly-combined port and land business, and as we consider our options resulting from the consents we now hold for construction of a container terminal, storage area and logistics hub that will serve the future freight needs of not just Northland, but also the upper North Island.”
When Moore’s retirement was announced in August last year, Hoare said that, under his leadership, the port had experienced “tremendous growth with remarkably few growing pains.”
It had evolved from a construction site to one of the country’s most efficient maritime facilities, she said.
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